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The troubling rise of artificial stone silicosis, with Dr. Johanna Feary

Thorax podcast by BMJ Group

Oct 17, 202421:03Science & Medicine

The growing use of artificial stone has seen the emergence of an aggressive, progressive respiratory disease, which is causing silicosis in young people. Dr. Johanna Feary¹ ² joins Thorax's Dr. Kate Diomede in the studio...

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